This piece is my original almost-fugue-sounding arrangement of my favorite Ukranian “Christmas Carol”, Carol of the Bells, as if J.S. Bach had written it. Ingredients: Warmth, depth, complexity, eternal romance. Dedicated to my Belle. This was…
This piece is my original almost-fugue-sounding arrangement of my favorite Ukranian “Christmas Carol”, Carol of the Bells, as if J.S. Bach had written it. Ingredients: Warmth, depth, complexity, eternal romance. Dedicated to my Belle. This was…
"As we grow up, we always carry our inner child with us. Wonder and curiosity... there are so many things the child sees. However, this is a view from above. We are now adults with good and bad experiences of life, looking inward. It is time…
This piece is my original almost-fugue-sounding arrangement of my favorite Ukranian “Christmas Carol”, Carol of the Bells, as if J.S. Bach had written it. Ingredients: Warmth, depth, complexity, eternal romance. Dedicated to my Belle. This was…
"As we grow up, we always carry our inner child with us. Wonder and curiosity... there are so many things the child sees. However, this is a view from above. We are now adults with good and bad experiences of life, looking inward. It is time…
This little ragtime number began life as just a snippet, written as background music for a home movie years ago. For the hard core ragtime buffs, I know this is not quite syncopated enough to be true ragtime, but hopefully its fun and bouncy…
Background music for a fun father/daughter YouTube video editing collaboration/experiment (embedded here.) My daughter and I filmed and edited the movie, and I wrote the music after hearing some video-game music my daughter wanted me to emulate…
This piece is my original almost-fugue-sounding arrangement of my favorite Ukranian “Christmas Carol”, Carol of the Bells, as if J.S. Bach had written it. Ingredients: Warmth, depth, complexity, eternal romance. Dedicated to my Belle. This was…
"As we grow up, we always carry our inner child with us. Wonder and curiosity... there are so many things the child sees. However, this is a view from above. We are now adults with good and bad experiences of life, looking inward. It is time…
Close your eyes, and come with me. It is a warm Autumn eve in the Black Forest. There are ancient folk tales about this magical wood... how late at night it comes to life with mischievious fairies and wood nymphs. Any mortal who hears the unusual…
This little ragtime number began life as just a snippet, written as background music for a home movie years ago. For the hard core ragtime buffs, I know this is not quite syncopated enough to be true ragtime, but hopefully its fun and bouncy…
While my wife and I were travelling back down the coast of California (near Big Sur) from a vacation around New Years, we stopped at a turnout over a cliff, and took a bunch of video of at least 15 California Condors, flying and hanging out on…
Close your eyes, and come with me. It is a warm Autumn eve in the Black Forest. There are ancient folk tales about this magical wood... how late at night it comes to life with mischievious fairies and wood nymphs. Any mortal who hears the unusual…
Close your eyes, and come with me. It is a warm Autumn eve in the Black Forest. There are ancient folk tales about this magical wood... how late at night it comes to life with mischievious fairies and wood nymphs. Any mortal who hears the unusual…
Here is another quick glimpse at ideas from my huge "Fractal Serenity" music video project, still in progress. This particular music-video is a "character study" of one of the strange plants that grows in this dream... the "Glass Orchid…
Imagine a Mexican quintette playing a fast waltz. There are 3 melodies played in 3/4 time, in a sort of non-standard ABCABC format. The title is a photographic/geographic/melodic play on words. There is a merging of European waltz and Mexican…
Background music for a fun father/daughter YouTube video editing collaboration/experiment (embedded here.) My daughter and I filmed and edited the movie, and I wrote the music after hearing some video-game music my daughter wanted me to emulate…
Here is another quick glimpse at ideas from my huge "Fractal Serenity" music video project, still in progress. This particular music-video is a "character study" of one of the strange plants that grows in this dream... the "Glass Orchid…
A simple 3-part "round" or canon with variations, showing my children how you can devise a melody that can stack on top of itself like offset puzzle pieces, which will then make its own harmony (with a nod to the master of rounds and fugues, J…
Here is another quick glimpse at ideas from my huge "Fractal Serenity" music video project, still in progress. This particular music-video is a "character study" of one of the strange plants that grows in this dream... the "Glass Orchid…
Fun, I like how this sidesteps the normal trancy stuff with its own flair and wild percussion. And the violin is an awesome addition, I could have had a lot more of your playing in this :-)
I am singing/vocalizing audio to accompany short scenes in a film made by an artist friend of mine. She calls it "Pattern Pattern". This segment goes with a snowy scene where shadows move in and out like wolves.
I like your description of the scene, and the movie sounds intriguing. Nice chilly dissonance there with the echoed half-step down. I Also noticed that I'm commenting on a bit from many months ago... so inquiring minds want to know, how is the movie coming along? I know these can become huge projects. From what I've heard here, I'd love to see what you come up with, if possible.
Intriguing, love the ascending motif where you play guitar along with the synth bells, very dreamy sequences. I'm not sure I like the breathy hiss that comes and goes in some spots (side-effect of guitar effects, or separate synth?) but the rest of this is great.
Very good... all you have to do is couple 3/4 time with a catchy melody on bells, and it will be an instant hit... I don't know why that is. :-) Very nicely done. If you decide to rework this, I would choose a different synth voice for the chorus, it was a bit frenetic. Maybe stick with orchestral samples, a flute maybe? Very enjoyable piece.
Hilariously weird and fun... I've never EVER wanted to put hot vodka on anything, but this almost makes me want to try, in a weird twisted way. Except I'd probably wake up with my head sounding like this :-)
I enjoy your music, there is always a strong wonderful Russian feel to the melodies, but you experiment with other sounds too. This piece opened, and began to have a Spanish flair. Then it dropped into a fast dance that was great fun. Nice! I should upload my "Mexican waltz" next, with a Russian jazz trumpeter (Vladimir Galaktionov) playing along.
This is a segment that's going into my piece "The Interview: When Words Fail". It's created entirely from a one second sample of a nervous swallow followed by a mouth click extracted from an interview. Overtones were manipulated to create the…
Delightful bit of technical wizardry here... as well as a good sense of build-up and rhythm. Knowing that all this was from a single second sample makes it even more impressive, but still a fun listen on its own.
Intriguing. I thought the intro was a little weird with the fast-panned piano, but the main driving section was awesome... reminded me a bit of old Galbatron.
Turquoise is for memory to you about me.
Turquoise is as my eyes,
you will see heaven in them,
you will sink in them for ever...
This song is about love, about leaving.
Recording from live concert
Wow, very nicely written pop music, and indeed a great voice you have. I love the language (Russian?) and the occasional Middle-Eastern feel in the music.
I do three things after waking up these days: I shower. I make coffee. I play this song and drink my coffee.
Nothing complicated. Nothing fancy. Just some basic fingerpicking to test my motor skills and bring some aural sunshine into my day.
Nothing like a great cup of fresh-ground coffee... but then, there's nothing quite like this bit of warmth sparkling off your fingertips... gorgeous little bit of music, wonderfully played.
I wanted to start composing in the "classical" or "romantic" style for piano. This is the first movement of a sonata fantasia, its a sonata because it has three movements, but a fantasia because it doesnt have the exact structure of a sonata.
MUSIC:
MR FUNKYMONK
LYRICS, VOCALS, MIX: Anne
YOU'VE GOT GIRLS
i told you once
i told you twice
you'd have to go
if you couldn't play nice
so tell me
have you been good
let's chat
i told you before
i made it clear
you keep on actin that way…
Yay, glad to see the incomparable A&M (and the unusual suspects) here too! Always love your singing and harmonies. Mr. FunkyMonk did a great job with the music (sounds like a real sax?) Fun lyrics, unfortunately reminds me of my old best friend from high school (uh, long ago), who left a trail of girls I had to console.
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How cool that people are still enjoying this piece, thank you!
13 years later, and I'm still loving it! LG
Really enjoy your tracks!
j'aime beaucoup. Continue à nous faire rêver.
tres beau
this is awesome drakonis!
very German
I love it!!!! LG
Hi!!! I just wanted to say Hi!!!
Very outdoorish sounds...diggio!
Lovely piano piece
How lovely, it has all the flavour of your wonderful video of the Condors. Delightful!
Hi Eduard, just cooking dinner and being royally entertained! Bee
A brilliant tune, well structured and arranged
So pacifying... Well done
quite nice
Great vid mate and cool track.
great mood piece,,feels very spacial ie open/large... what synth do you use? good work
fun piece
Brilliant
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Fun, I like how this sidesteps the normal trancy stuff with its own flair and wild percussion. And the violin is an awesome addition, I could have had a lot more of your playing in this :-)
I like your description of the scene, and the movie sounds intriguing. Nice chilly dissonance there with the echoed half-step down. I Also noticed that I'm commenting on a bit from many months ago... so inquiring minds want to know, how is the movie coming along? I know these can become huge projects. From what I've heard here, I'd love to see what you come up with, if possible.
Intriguing, love the ascending motif where you play guitar along with the synth bells, very dreamy sequences. I'm not sure I like the breathy hiss that comes and goes in some spots (side-effect of guitar effects, or separate synth?) but the rest of this is great.
Very good... all you have to do is couple 3/4 time with a catchy melody on bells, and it will be an instant hit... I don't know why that is. :-) Very nicely done. If you decide to rework this, I would choose a different synth voice for the chorus, it was a bit frenetic. Maybe stick with orchestral samples, a flute maybe? Very enjoyable piece.
Hilariously weird and fun... I've never EVER wanted to put hot vodka on anything, but this almost makes me want to try, in a weird twisted way. Except I'd probably wake up with my head sounding like this :-)
I enjoy your music, there is always a strong wonderful Russian feel to the melodies, but you experiment with other sounds too. This piece opened, and began to have a Spanish flair. Then it dropped into a fast dance that was great fun. Nice! I should upload my "Mexican waltz" next, with a Russian jazz trumpeter (Vladimir Galaktionov) playing along.
Delightful bit of technical wizardry here... as well as a good sense of build-up and rhythm. Knowing that all this was from a single second sample makes it even more impressive, but still a fun listen on its own.
Great Russian classical piano intro, and rich soulful singing, nice orchestral-pop backing.
Definitely not rock, your guitar just Rolls along here... well played and fun to listen to.
Enjoyed the music, great performance by the band, your nice singing, and the YouTube video too!
Intriguing. I thought the intro was a little weird with the fast-panned piano, but the main driving section was awesome... reminded me a bit of old Galbatron.
The music suggests a bit of disorientation... perhaps go with that, and add non-sequiter soliloquy, half-haiku, or dramatic darkwave twisted lyrics.
fun bubbly synth bed, and very nice flute melody soaring over this.
Wow, very nicely written pop music, and indeed a great voice you have. I love the language (Russian?) and the occasional Middle-Eastern feel in the music.
intriguing music, and the way the lyrics flow so nicely and are sung, reminds me a bit of Supertramp. Great guitar & drum work on this.
What if Mike Oldfield did Darkwave... it might sound like this. The wild-panned backward drum solo in the middle tickled my ears, nice stuff!
Cool ideas here, nice sequencing and use of sounds as rhythm. Does have a dreamy quality.
Nothing like a great cup of fresh-ground coffee... but then, there's nothing quite like this bit of warmth sparkling off your fingertips... gorgeous little bit of music, wonderfully played.
enjoyable composition, lots of surprises at every turn.
Yay, glad to see the incomparable A&M (and the unusual suspects) here too! Always love your singing and harmonies. Mr. FunkyMonk did a great job with the music (sounds like a real sax?) Fun lyrics, unfortunately reminds me of my old best friend from high school (uh, long ago), who left a trail of girls I had to console.